Takes American History tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. Here is a recent program. Are on the campus of university of North Carolina on chapel hill. Both schools have a good claim to make. University of georgia was first. Ed they received their charter in 1785. The unc charter came a few years later, but unc was first open. The university and the city were founded at the same time. ,hen this city was selected there was no town or village. There were a few neighboring farms. There was an anglican chapel. There was no town to speak of. On the day they laid the cornerstone for the First University building, they had an auction of town lots. They understood that if the university was going to succeed, they needed to be a town around to support it, so really the town and university were born on the same day. University was chartered in 1789. The ground broke for the first building in 1793. A year and a half later, they held an opening ceremony. Events on campus
Later. The university and the city were founded at the same time, so when this area was selected for the university, there was no town or village here. There were a few neighboring farms. There was an anglican chapel on the siten what is now of the carolina inn. They had an auction of town lots. So, they understood that there needed to be a town to support it for businesses, places for people to live. They were, in essence, born on the same day. The university was chartered in 1789. The ground broke for the first 1793, and about a year and half later, 1795, the university opened. They had events on campus here. No student showed up. It took another few weeks before the First Student arrived. He came 100 miles off the coast of North Carolina. He was the entire student body for about two weeks before more students drifted onto campus. For the first century, it was a school for white men only. It was only in the 1890s that women were admitted to the university, and the university did not
Good evening. My name is deirdre cross, director of the Public Programs at the national africanamerican s aim of history and culture and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to this Wonderful Program and introduce these speakers in our discussion entitled historically speaking, Thurgood Marshall, a life and American History, evening with spencer crew and paul think of it. Paul finkelman. For those streaming the tag ision, our twitter historically speaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast through cspan book tv to be aired at a later date. Begin this compelling new biography, we are introduced to the constant battles for inequality faced by africanamericans through a study of Thurgood Marshalls extraordinary courage and his belief in the power of the law to change society. Thurgood marshall, a life in American History follows his career from his youth in baltimore, maryland, to his days. T Supreme Court justice his inspiring story illustrates how pervasive rac
We are getting new pictures of the couple. Safe in the hospital after being stranded in the marin county woods for over a week. Kpix 5s kenny choi is live in inverness with the latest on this incredible rescue. Kenny . Reporter juliette, this is an unbelievable story of survival and a Community Coming together to help find this couple more than 400 volunteers from the search and rescue team spent about 10 to 12 hours each day finding this couple. This morning their hard work paid off and theyre calling it a miracle. By land, water and air, hundreds of search and rescue volunteers scoured the dense thick terrain. Very, very thick. We were following deer trails as best we could but we were crawling through breaking through the bushes. Reporter for seven days not a single sign of the missing couple. 77yearold carol and 72year old ian. Until 18yearold Quincy Webster a volunteer aided by a golden retriever named groot heard something in the woods. We hear voices. First we thought it was ano
Visit ncicap. Org] the house will be in order. For 40 years, cspan has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the Supreme Court and Public Policy event from washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind, created by cable in 1979. Cspan has brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of overnment. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road with the support of our spectrum cable partners, this weekend, we travel to chapel hill, North Carolina. Over the hour, well go to notable locations, speak with experts about the citys history and also talk with some history makers themselves. In a moment, the story of the university of North Carolinas moorhead planetarium and the role it played in early nasa missions. Following that, in about 10 minutes, a conversation with howard lee, chapel hills first africanamerican mayor and the